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" When I was little, I had a Norwegian babysitter - and that was my introduction to both regular and salty licorice. We all know the ordinary version, but the salty kind is a favorite candy throughout Northern Europe. It's a guilty pleasure of mine that I have to try not to keep around because I'll eat the entire bag in one go. "

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" I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it. "

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Kitchen

Events

" As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends - that was our time together. "

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Weekends

Time

" There are issues that are being questioned that are fundamentally upsetting to me, deeply: immigration, funding for the arts, Planned Parenthood, and women's rights. These are just issues that are very close to my heart, and I use my own private voice and funds to fight for them and in support of them. "

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Heart

" I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me. "

" I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don't eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do. "

" I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater. "

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Parents

Celebration

" So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment. "

" I don't wear flip-flops, so my casual shoe is a Brooks Brothers tuxedo slipper! "

" I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox. "

" I was born and raised on 'Singin' in the Rain.' It's in my work. It's in me. "

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Work

I Was Born

" There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements. "

" Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life. "

" To me, the more dialogue amongst creative types, the better. It keeps people on their toes, and competition is healthy. "

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Competition

Creative

" There's a reason good fabrics have a cost. They're done with good quality to last. "

" A great trick for frying is to put a popcorn kernel in the oil, and when it pops, you're ready to fry. "

" Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential. "

" There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination. "

" I don't cook ribs in my own home. I let my dad cook the ribs. He's from St. Louis, Missouri. I like to use a grill, but that's my dad's domain. "

" You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing. "

" Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves. "

" Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star. "

" I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day. "

" When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.' "

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Suits

Mom

" I love creative people. "

" I don't believe in one ideal beauty. "

" When I'm on the road for fashion shows, I love room service. I think it's one of the greatest things in the world. I usually like to keep it simple with soup, but my big indulgence is French fries or chicken fingers. "

" New York ladies all look immaculate. "

" Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool. "

" I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter. "

" I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors. "